WDWFigment's August 2009 Photo Trip Novel

Very cool - thanks for sharing. It really looks like you guys had a blast!

 

Thanks for reading! ; For a while, the only forum I was on was WDWMagic. ; Then I got into photography and that forum has no active photography sub-forum. ; So I came here and went to a sub-forum of another board. ; Now, I can't stop going to any of them because each have their own 'exclusive' posters whose pictures and/or insight I like to see. ; I like Miceage, too (only Lutz's articles), although I am a WDW person, and sometimes it seems Lutz has a vendetta against WDW. ; His information is still good, so I ignore his biases.

As for the UWA on dark rides, I dunno. ; Maybe for Pan and Haunted Mansion, but I got plenty of usable shots with it on SpaceShip Earth and Buzz, and I only have a D90. ; If I had a D700 or 5DmkII, I would have tried it on both Pan and Haunted Mansion. ; It obviously couldn't capture the caretaker or the graveyard scenes, but I think it definitely would've been passable. ; Certainly another generation of sensors will help (they always do!), but I think there's plenty of dark rides that can be tackled with that Tokina 11-16 right now.

As for the 14-24, I have never tried it, but have heard exceedingly positive things about it. ; The only negative seems to me to be the price. ; Maybe someday, although I don't know if I will ever be able to justify spending that much on glass. ; For now, I will hands down take the Tokina 11-16 and the $1,300 (roughly) in my pocket over the 14-24.

 

Thanks for reading. ; I need to re-process that Jammitors shot, I think it's a little flat as-is. ; I used the UWA to shoot them; I liked the results, too.

I almost contacted you this summer prior to the Air show (we didn't end up going...unfortunately). ; I believe you said in the past that you go every year? ; If not, maybe I am thinking of someone else. ; In any case, we aren't going to be back to Indy for a while, and when we are, I will be busy with work. ; Maybe over Christmas break or next summer, though?

 

So on a typical night, how long do you usually stay in the parks after "Official" closing time? ; And even though you have always caught a bus back to your resort, what is the Disney Line on how long the busses run after Park closure (if you know)? ; Not that I plan on pulling an All-nighter like your 4am departure from MK, but it would be nice to have a few shots of an empty park.

 

Thanks for reading!

I really like that Disney hand plaque shot, too. ; I will have to go back and process it correctly, and post it on Flickr sometime. ; So many of those shots I was just in a rush to get processed that I did them poorly and in a hurry.

I really need to go watch a real pro or something and see how they do workflow. ; My methods seem terribly inefficient, but they are the 'only way I know'.

We are sorry that we can't be there for it, too. ; Christmas is our favorite time in the parks, and I am sure it would be a great learning experience for everyone. ; I can only imagine what you all will come back with.

Despite becoming much more concise in academic writing over the past few years, my trip reports are steadily getting longer. ; I tried to inject more humor into this one, although I found myself running into several lulls where I just wrote with a "we did X, then we did Y, then we did Z" style. ; Whenever I realized I was starting to do that, I walked away from the report for a bit. ; Hopefully it was amusing. ; Minimally, more amusing than War & Peace.

 

Tom,

Finally finished reading your report and it was great. ; You and Sarah have great perseverance and thanks for providing such a detailed report. ; Great photos too!

 

Thanks for reading!